Japanese grammar dictionary

Japanese ないではいられない grammar naidehairarenai
Japanese ないではいられない grammar naidehairarenai

Let’s learn Japanese ないではいられない grammar naidehairarenai :

JLPT level : N2

Formation :

Vない+ではいられない

Meaning and how to use :

Expresses the meaning “Can not/can’t hold/can’t stop..”. Often used with verbs indicating thoughts, emotions, behaviors of human.

Examples:

この話は忘れたほうがいいと知っているが、それの意味について考えないではいられない。
Kono hanashi ha wasure ta hou ga ii to shitte iru ga, sore no imi nitsuite kangae nai de ha irare nai.
I know that I should forget that story but I just can’t stop thinking about its meaning.

階段を転んで痛くて泣かないではいられない。
Kaidan o koron de itaku te naka nai de ha irare nai.
I fell down from the stairs and was hurt so I couldn’t hold back my tears.

そんなに悪人は助けないほうがいいですが結局助けないではいられない。
Sonnani akunin ha tasuke nai hou ga ii desu ga kekkyoku tasuke nai de ha irare nai.
I shouldn’t have helped such a bad guy like that but eventually I couldn’t hold back from helping him/her/

タバコを一週間やめたが、結局すわないではいられない。
Tabako o ichi shuukan yame ta ga, kekkyoku suwa nai de ha irare nai.
I quitted a cigarette for a week but I could not bear it and smoked.

今の状況について悲しまないではいられない。
Ima no joukyou nitsuite kanashima nai de ha irare nai.
I can not help feeling sad about the current situation.

Note: In literary works, it is せずにはいられない

Related structures :

かぎりがある kagirigaaru
かぎりなく…にちかい kagirinaku…nichikai
かぎり kagiri
ないかぎり naikagiri
zunihairarenai ずにはいられない

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